Originally Posted by Unregistered

Right? And it's not as if the person wanting to negotiate is asking for the moon.

To the fresh grad poster: Though I think it is unlikely your negotiations will go through because the contract is already drawn, at least the fact that you've tried will help you enter the SB with one less doubt nagging your mind during your job.

I think that it isn't unreasonable for contract employees to want to consider alternatives for if they don't get their contracts renewed even before they commit to anything. Asking for a slightly easier pay to negotiate upwards in the event the person cannot secure another contract is something any reasonable person, especially you, should at least weigh the consequences of even if they don't actually do it in the end.

I admit I was a little rash while commenting, but seeing some of my batch mates and juniors settling for way less than what they should be getting due to the current market rather than their own shortcomings is just sad to watch. Then I come to this forum and see a confused graduate getting bashed for asking if its okay to negotiate a bad offer and I saw red. My sincerest apologies to anyone that has felt uncomfortable about the contents of my latter paragraphs, but I have no intention of taking them back given the poster's casual yet toxic comment.